German History – Departmental Passport 1951 New York

German History – Departmental Passport 1951 New York

German History Departmental Passport New York This passport is not only one of the earliest travel documents of Germany after the war it is also a rare passport type issued to the wife of German chancellor Friedrich Erich Müller, issued…

Swiss Passport issued in East Berlin, East Germany

Swiss Passport issued in East Berlin, East Germany

Swiss Passport issued in East Berlin, East Germany The Swiss / East Germany diplomatic relation began in Dec 1972 when Switzerland recognized East Germany (GDR) as independent state. The fist mission was just a trade mission and was opened in…

Netherlands Minister To Japan – Chinese Passport 1929

Netherlands Minister To Japan – Chinese Passport 1929

Netherlands Minister Japan Chinese Passport A random search on a auction website was leading me to this Chinese passport from 1929. A great piece of travel document. “Chinese ambassador to Japan Mr Wang Wei, hereby issue this passport to Dutch…

German Prussian Passport 1922 – Palestine Wanderer

German Prussian Passport 1922 – Palestine Wanderer

German Prussian Passport 1922 – Palestine Wanderer This German Prussian passport from 1922 was issued in Breslau an bears a early visa for Palestine (via Egypt) issued by the British at their embassy in Berlin plus an Austrian visa marked…

NASA Astronaut Passports – Slayton

NASA Astronaut Passports – Slayton

Described by Life Magazine as “frank and stubborn,” Slayton once joked that people were always trying to stop him from exploring. Indeed, the Air Force almost rejected him when they discovered that his left ring finger, which had been severed…

US Passport 1947 Colonel Edward Dehne – What A Man!

US Passport 1947 Colonel Edward Dehne – What A Man!

US Passport 1947 Colonel Edward Dehne – What A Man! He was on the D-Day beaches at Normandy and fought across Europe to Berlin, personally participating in the rescue of numerous concentration camps… with amazing details of what he saw…

Third Reich Service Passport – Musicologist Prof. Schünemann

Third Reich Service Passport – Musicologist Prof. Schünemann

Third Reich Service Passport – Musicologist Prof. Schünemann Schünemann (1884 – 1945) , the son of a rector, received his doctorate after studying music in 1907 with his thesis on the history of conducting. After his habilitation in 1919 he…

Imperial Korean Passport

Imperial Korean Passport

1905 Imperial Korean passport The passport shown here was issued by the Imperial Korean Foreign Office in Seoul on the 27th day of the 3rd month of the 9th year of 光武 (E Kwangmu, F Kwangmon). As a solar date…

Lutz/Wallenberg Life Saving Passes. A Testimony

Lutz/Wallenberg Life Saving Passes. A Testimony

Lutz/Wallenberg Life Saving Passes Carl Lutz and Raoul Wallenberg are iconic names for righteous diplomats saving Jewish life in Budapest, Hungary, during the German occupation. In late 1944, the Germans took any actions to deport Hungarian Jews to concentration camps….